Weather Records on 19 February 1976

611 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 February 1976. Highest significance: Trenton Falls, US.

Key Facts for 19 February 1976

On 19 February 1976, 611 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
320 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 603 daily.
Trenton Falls set a daily record precipitation of 34.0 mm (1.3 in) on 19 February 1976.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

611 stations

611 station records on 19 February 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 February 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Preto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.7 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Madero	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Piseco	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hinckley 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Flat Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aunet	Norway	Record snow depth	142.0 cm (55.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malad	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Broome Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Northville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelaceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hillside Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clube de Regatas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mendota	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mulwala Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lower Hay Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barellan (Rodmell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehall	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Swan River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record snow depth	125.0 cm (49.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Is	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rugby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grizzly	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Myroodah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Meekatharra Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Petrun	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Lock 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mayrung (Malvern)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bidyadanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Helen Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

611 records

Records set or tied on 19 February 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 124, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 196, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 188, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 19 February 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	124
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	196
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 19 February 1976 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 603.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

492 broken records

Margins by which the 492 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 370.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 February 1976

Top 20 records on 19 February 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 February 1976	Trenton Falls, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1976	Ribeirao Preto, BR	daily rain	83.7 mm (3.3 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1976	Mitchell 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1976	Puerto Madero, MX	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1976	Piseco, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1976	Riverside 7 SSW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1976	Chelsea, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1976	Hinckley 2 SW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1976	Rochester, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1976	Philadelphia City, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	88 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1976	Port Stanley, CA	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	91 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1976	Deer Flat Dam, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1976	Aunet, NO	daily snow depth	142.0 cm (55.9 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	73 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1976	Malad, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1976	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	91 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1976	Broome Airport, AU	daily rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	0 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1976	Sugar City, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	58 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1976	Northville, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	66 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1976	Grand Falls, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1976	Lovelaceville, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1794 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1976. 1976 had 611 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-19 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1809	2
1827	2
1845	1
1847	1
1849	3
1850	2
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1876	1
1880	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1891	1
1892	9
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	6
1902	2
1903	38
1904	11
1905	11
1906	8
1907	13
1908	34
1909	28
1910	21
1911	20
1912	22
1913	14
1914	35
1915	43
1916	54
1917	77
1918	196
1919	184
1920	80
1921	86
1922	58
1923	86
1924	486
1925	53
1926	132
1927	148
1928	269
1929	634
1930	1,175
1931	195
1932	230
1933	153
1934	391
1935	165
1936	1,310
1937	405
1938	612
1939	748
1940	321
1941	242
1942	757
1943	333
1944	589
1945	252
1946	573
1947	281
1948	493
1949	636
1950	342
1951	898
1952	678
1953	359
1954	670
1955	980
1956	631
1957	346
1958	1,186
1959	551
1960	650
1961	809
1962	418
1963	470
1964	439
1965	400
1966	700
1967	342
1968	674
1969	574
1970	393
1971	1,059
1972	1,086
1973	489
1974	804
1975	690
1976	611
1977	1,006
1978	1,790
1979	1,888
1980	931
1981	2,345
1982	582
1983	607
1984	704
1985	841
1986	2,015
1987	549
1988	715
1989	1,381
1990	1,395
1991	880
1992	506
1993	1,674
1994	1,466
1995	1,321
1996	878
1997	874
1998	1,601
1999	713
2000	1,044
2001	384
2002	1,285
2003	650
2004	946
2005	582
2006	1,900
2007	616
2008	572
2009	584
2010	1,055
2011	1,292
2012	475
2013	333
2014	601
2015	1,612
2016	1,009
2017	1,270
2018	1,311
2019	1,280
2020	735
2021	1,230
2022	395
2023	380
2024	683
2025	1,739
2026	1,084

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	467
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	2